Licensed Practical Nurse - 3A Med/Surg Flex

Overview

UnityPoint-St. Luke's

Hours: Full-time, 7am-7pm (12/hr shifts and every third weekend)

Join Our Team as a Licensed Practical Nurse –Be a Nurse Extraordinaire!

Are you passionate about guiding patients and their families through every step of their healthcare journey? You’ll leverage your LPN skills and practice under the skilled supervision of the Registered Nurse in coordinating the care of patients and families. If you're energized by building trusting relationships, collaborating across teams, and delivering compassionate, evidence-based care that truly makes a difference, we want you with us!

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options focused on your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:    

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program. • Dental, health and vision insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members. • Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Join our team of experts and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e. Patient Care Technician), demonstrates clinical judgment appropriate for Iowa’s LPN scope of practice, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately.
• Assists in creating a positive work environment by working with team members to develop and facilitate initiatives to strive for positive outcomes in quality and care of patients. Effectively communicates with all team members, physicians, ancillary staff and all customers.
• Complies with all policies and procedures, and guides team members with compliance. Maintains a safe and clean environment, complies with all safety goals, infection prevention and risk management policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education:

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Iowa.

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire. 
• Must obtain and maintain NIHSS education prior to end of orientation and complete every 2 years 
• Completion of eight hours of strokeeducation prior to the end of orientation and annually

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.
• Multicultural sensitivity.
• Microsoft Office – basic computer skills.
• Customer/patient focused.
• Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions.